Improvement in portable hot-air or vapor baths



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Patented Oct. 2,1877.

NPETERS PHDTO-LITHOGRAPdER. WASHINGTON. D C.

PATENT OFFI GEORGE HENRY -ELLIS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE HOT-AIR OR VAPOR BATHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,763, dated October'2, 1877; application filed July 18, 1877. Patented in England, March 3,1877, for fourteen years.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY ELLIS, ofLondon, England, engineer, have invented a certain Improved PortableHot-Air or Vapor Bath or Cabinet, (patented in En gland the 3d of March,1877,) of which the following is a specification The object of thisinvention is the construction of a portable hot-air or vapor bath orcabinet whereby any person mayhave the benefit of a Turkish or vaporbath at his or her own home, at little expense, and without theassistance of an attendant.

But to make my invention better understood I will proceed to describethe same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 isa front elevation, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan, of myimproved portable hot-air or vapor bath or cabinet. Fig. l is a verticalsection of same on line A B of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, horizontal section online C D of Fig. 2; Fig. 6, front elevation, showing the improved bathor cabinet open; Figs. 7 and 8, views of the apparatus which I sometimesemploy for heating my improved bath or cabinet.

Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.

The improved bath or cabinetis constructed of a vertical case orcabinet, (of wood or other suitable material,) the top a and sides I) bof which incline toward the front, or may be at right angles with thefront and back. The in. clined top a is hinged to one of the sides I),as shown, and is formed with an opening, 0, to fit round the neck of theperson using the bath, so as to allow his or her head to remain outside.The upper part d of the front of the bath is also hinged to the side, soas to allow the person to get into and out of the bath with facility.The upper edge of this front door d is made with a bevel, to accord withthe inclined under surface of the top a, and when the door d is thrownopen this bevel edge serves to lift or to hold up and sustain the top a,and thus, in a great degree, to relieve the patient or bat-her from theburden of holding up such top, and permitting him, if desired, to get inand out of the box while the top is held up by the door.

0 is a seat titted inside the bath or cabinet, and resting on pins orpegs fitting in the holes f in the pieces 9, fixed to the sides of thebath or cabinet. This arrangement allows of the seat 0 being elevated orlowered so as to suit the different heights of the persons who may usethe bath or cabinet. The seat has an un der lining or false bottom, It,prefi rably of metal, and the seat is cut away at the ends. front, andback, as shown in Fig. 5, to allow of the passage of the heat, ashereinafter described.

I would here observe that, when the apparatus is used a vapor-bath, Iprovide and attach to the false bottom h of the seat 0, and suspendedtherefrom, a pan to contain water, in which vapor is generated by thelamp or heating apparatus placed below.

iis a hollow metal hot-water foot-warmer, suitably padded and madeadjustable, as shown, in a similar manner to the seat c. j is an oil orspirit lamp, of any suitable construction, for heating the bath; or Imay employ the apparatus shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and hereinafterdescribed. I l are casters, to allow of the bath or cabinet being easilymoved: m, handles at the sides of the bath or cabinet; 11, ventilatorfitted in the side of the bath or cabinet for supplying the lamp withoxygen.

To make use of the bath or cabinet, the lamp j lighted and placed on thefloor k of the bath or cabinet, and directly under the seat 0, as shown.The person then gets into the bath or cabinet and closes the door (1 andinclined top a, when the heat from the lamp will rise up at the front,back, and sides of the seat 6, so as to produce the desired effect.

I would here observe that my improved bath or cabinet may also be heatedby gas 0on veyed through flexible or other tubes; or it may be heated byplain or medicated vapor, either generated within the bath, ashereinbefore described, or brought from any external apparatus by meansof a tube, or introduced in any other suitable manner.

Instead of the hollow toot-warmer i, a simple foot-rest may be employed.

The heating apparatus (shown in Figs. 7 and 8) consists of a conical (orit may be of other suitable shape) block of fire-brick, p, formed with ahole, 0, through its center, and

of an iron stand or pedestal, q, having a vertical pin, 1", which passesthrough the hole 0 in the said fire-brick heater.

It will be easily understood that, to make use of this heatingapparatus, it is merely necessary to place one or more of the fire-brickheaters 10 in an oven or fire until they become sufficiently hot, whenthey are put upon the iron stands q and placed within the bath orcabinet.

It will be observed that Figs. 7 and 8 are drawn to a larger scale thanthe other figures of the drawings.

Having thus described the nature of my said invention, and the bestmeans I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, what Iclaim is- 1. The improved portable hot-air or vapor bath or cabinet,adapted to permit all the person except the head to be inclosed therein,and having, also, a seat adjustable, as described, and a hollow footrest or warmer, vertically adjustable upon pins or pegs, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a portable hot-air or vapor bath, of anadjustable seat, cut away at its sides, as described, and provided witha false bottom, adapted to hold a pan of hot liquid, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, with a portable hot-air or vapor bath, of a hollowfoot-rest adapted for holding a confined body of hot liquid, and a setof adjustable pins or pegs for supporting said foot-rest at any desiredelevation, substantially as shown and described.

4. A portable hot-air or vapor bath constructed with an inclined top, a,and a front door, d, having its top edge beveled, as shown, and servingto uphold the opened top or lid, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

GEORGE HENRY ELLIS.

Witnesses:

(1. F. REDFERN, A. ALBUTT.

